Issue Snapshot
Where the Heart Draws its Lines
On Holding and Letting Go
.png){kind=small}
by Jordan Reeves
As a mother faces cancer, the writer reflects on queerness, estrangement, and return—asking how the borders we build to survive can later become paths back to love.
She Would've Stayed
by Scarlett Longstreet
.png){kind=small}
She Would've Stayed
On Holding and Letting Go
This essay examines the inheritance of harm between mothers and daughters—exploring how love, protection, neglect, and violence can coexist within the same hands.
December 1st, 2025
December 1st, 2025
The Places Power Keeps
.png){kind=small}
by Rawand Abu Ganem
Written from inside a tent in Gaza during the winter of 2025, this lyrical testimony captures how something once gentle—rain—has become another force of terror. Moving between memory and survival, the writer recounts caring for her children as water floods their shelter, revealing how war transforms even the most ordinary elements of life into threats. A meditation on motherhood, loss, endurance, and what it means to keep breathing while waiting for the surface.
Recent Articles
_edited.png)
High Volume @ High Tea
Coming Soon
High Volume at High Tea brings The Parlor’s voice off the page and into your ears — serving up bold commentary with a side of wit. Coming soon to all major podcast platforms.
